Russia could export $6.5 billion worth of arms in 2007
State arms export monopoly Rosoboronexport will sell over $400 million worth of weapons in 2007, which is more than last year, mainly thanks to aircraft sales.
According to its general director Sergei Chemezov, the state agency will set a new record this year despite all the problems facing the monopoly - financial, technological and personnel.
The fall in the dollar rate alone has caused $45 million in losses for just one air defense contract. A manager of one of the plants said it concerned the supply of S-300 mobile launchers to China.
According to Chemezov, Rosoboronexport will sell $6 billion worth of weapons this year and; together with companies licensed to export spare parts and services, the total value of deliveries may amount to $6.5 billion ($6.13 billion in 2006).
What makes these plans realistic is large deliveries of aircraft, said Konstantin Makiyenko, an expert at the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies.
He estimates that Russia will supply more than 50 Su-type planes this year: 12 Su-30 MKMs to Malaysia, 12 Su-30 MK2Vs to Venezuela, six Su-30 MKAs to Algeria, 12 Su-30 MKIs to India and about 10 Su-30 MKI kits for licensed assembly in India.
Russia will also sell about 10 MiG-29 fighter jets; and together with aircraft equipment, grounds systems, simulators and helicopters, deliveries may exceed half of Chemezov's quoted figure.
Deliveries of S-300 PMU2 air defense systems could start under a new contract with China, and small quantities of short-range AD systems could be delivered to the United Arab Emirates, Syria and other Arab countries, while among naval armaments one diesel submarine could be handed over to Algeria, the expert said.
As follows from a recent article in the Indian magazine India Today, one of the most secret Russian arms deals to lease a Project 971 nuclear submarine to the country for $650 million will be realized in June 2008, and therefore 2007 promises to be modest in naval equipment sales.
Marat Kenzhetayev, an expert at the Center for Disarmament Studies, said growing prices for military products are also contributing to Russian exports.
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